Ruffnut Thorston Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Bucoops said: Woah, someone has actually bid on one of these things https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LNER-Flying-Scotsman-Scale-Model-Display/133639326824?hash=item1f1d864c68:g:7PIAAOSwy6ZgAWDl Atlas Editions...TT sized. I seem to remember it was the first in the series, and could be had for £1.99, with a few other things thrown in... Then, when you got it, you could have it for free if you subscribed... The brighter customer cancelled as soon as the second arrived, and had the best deal..... Edited January 22, 2021 by Ruffnut Thorston Typo 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 I think that the previous owners of our house had a subscription, as there were quite a few air rifle pellets stuck in the old garage doors. Well, what else you going to do with tat? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 21 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Some people do that. I have met people whose homes are packed to the rafters with commemorative tat and instant collectables. For some strange reason it always reminds me of those American documentaries about serial killers... "Trophy bits"? Beware collectors of strange objects! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 23 minutes ago, MartinWales said: More like a 2 CRAP! Why does that sound like a class of Southern Region EMU?? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 16 minutes ago, Ruffnut Thorston said: Atlas Editions...TT sized. I seem to remember it was the first in the series, and could be had for £1.99, with a few other things thrown in... Then, when you got it, you could have it for free if you subscribed... The brighter customer cancelled as soon as the second arrived, and had the best deal..... Curiously, some of the Atlas Editions [AE] 'Trams of the World' can be motorised to quite good effect. I had a cheap AE Nord Crampton from a charity shop that I plan to have a play with sometime - odd narrow gauge potential? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 42 minutes ago, Bucoops said: Woah, someone has actually bid on one of these things https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LNER-Flying-Scotsman-Scale-Model-Display/133639326824?hash=item1f1d864c68:g:7PIAAOSwy6ZgAWDl "Comes from a smoke free home." That's nice! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 11 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: Why does that sound like a class of Southern Region EMU?? Because it probably is... 7 hours ago, MrWolf said: Okay, can we get back to finding overpriced rubbish on eBay? Perhaps some RARE KIT BUILT old Triang suburbans held to a Lima American diesel chassis with wood screws and painted up as vaguely Southern region suburban electrics? A sort of 2 C2AP ? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 5 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: "Comes from a smoke free home." That's nice! We've got some 1930s ashtrays like that..... 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 With the real SR units, some had no lavatories at all, 2-NOL... Some had a lav. In only one coach, 2-HAL...and no corridor between coaches... So, you had to be careful which coach you got onto, on a long trip! 2-HAP, coming from Bachmann?, are the Pneumatic brake version of the 2-NOL...still with only the coach with first class having a lav..... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 55 minutes ago, Ruffnut Thorston said: With the real SR units, some had no lavatories at all, 2-NOL... Some had a lav. In only one coach, 2-HAL...and no corridor between coaches... So, you had to be careful which coach you got onto, on a long trip! 2-HAP, coming from Bachmann?, are the Pneumatic brake version of the 2-NOL...still with only the coach with first class having a lav..... I recall travelling between Brighton and Burgess Hill about 6 years ago. All the toilets on the train were locked out of use (an extreme case of 2-NOL blues?). A poor chap was beyond desperate for a pee! He was seriously considering trying to pee out of a open top-light vent! In the end he pinned all his hopes on jumping off the train at Haywards Heath and finding an open 'Gents'. As I left the train at Bug's Hole, I never witnessed the conclusion of the drama! 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 12 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said: Why does that sound like a class of Southern Region EMU?? It was meant to....... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted January 23, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2021 12 hours ago, Ruffnut Thorston said: With the real SR units, some had no lavatories at all, 2-NOL... Some had a lav. In only one coach, 2-HAL...and no corridor between coaches... So, you had to be careful which coach you got onto, on a long trip! 2-HAP, coming from Bachmann?, are the Pneumatic brake version of the 2-NOL...still with only the coach with first class having a lav..... The GER were great teases with their early lavatory equipped coaches - only the adjacent compartments had access. 4 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted January 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23, 2021 22 minutes ago, Bucoops said: The GER were great teases with their early lavatory equipped coaches - only the adjacent compartments had access. Standard practice in the 1890s and for a good while after. Non-gangwayed carriages with a side corridor were a rarity - possibly LNER and constituents only? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted January 23, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Compound2632 said: Standard practice in the 1890s and for a good while after. Non-gangwayed carriages with a side corridor were a rarity - possibly LNER and constituents only? Certainly later GER bogie coaches had a side corridor allowing access to all. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 15 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said: Curiously, some of the Atlas Editions [AE] 'Trams of the World' can be motorised to quite good effect. I had a cheap AE Nord Crampton from a charity shop that I plan to have a play with sometime - odd narrow gauge potential? I motorised several of the GBL partwork series too, just for the hell of it! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 41 minutes ago, Hroth said: I motorised several of the GBL partwork series too, just for the hell of it! If one dares to think beyond the c**p, some of these dubious offerings have potential. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23, 2021 (edited) 17 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said: I had a cheap AE Nord Crampton from a charity shop that I plan to have a play with sometime - odd narrow gauge potential? I have one as well, I also have the old Ratio early Victorian carriages to go behind it. Edited January 23, 2021 by PhilJ W 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-Dublo-Meccano-00-gauge-Southall-Truck-Vintage/233869830515?hash=item3673ba6973:g:6OsAAOSw8aZgDBiW "Condition: Used" - and abused? Bidding starting from £1.00. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Looks like someone tried to create an early GW brake without the verandah roof. Or just plain old fashioned broke it. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 57 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Looks like someone tried to create an early GW brake without the verandah roof. Or just plain old fashioned broke it. It's got that 'trodden on' look about it? If I had something like this, I would be ashamed to sell it in public (or private)! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 16 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-Dublo-Meccano-00-gauge-Southall-Truck-Vintage/233869830515?hash=item3673ba6973:g:6OsAAOSw8aZgDBiW "Condition: Used" - and abused? Bidding starting from £1.00. 14 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said: It's got that 'trodden on' look about it? If I had something like this, I would be ashamed to sell it in public (or private)! Perhaps the bending is due to whatever it was restrained in whilst the verandaectomy took place. And there's the removal of the couplings too... Plus postage, you'd be laying out a minimum of a fiver on it. Poor thing, it needs a Viking Funeral... 2 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 On 24/01/2021 at 17:43, MrWolf said: Looks like someone tried to create an early GW brake without the verandah roof. Or just plain old fashioned broke it. Convertible? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Just as an aside: does anyone else see the fancy dress ads that pop up on the RMWEB home page? I guess if I ever feel the need to dress up like a kinky 'Robin Hood', I'll know where to go! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted January 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said: Just as an aside: does anyone else see the fancy dress ads that pop up on the RMWEB home page? I guess if I ever feel the need to dress up like a kinky 'Robin Hood', I'll know where to go! The ads are targeted - so reflect what you have previously searched for. So... did you BUY the kinky Robin Hood outfit last week? Edited January 26, 2021 by Bucoops 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 55 minutes ago, Bucoops said: The ads are targeted - so reflect what you have previously searched for. So... did you BUY the kinky Robin Hood outfit last week? No, I'm afraid not. Seems I've not got 'the legs'!? Very odd - 'dressing up' is not one of my 'things'. Some nice loco ads would be much more up my street! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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